Question 135-138 refer to the following article. The images appear to show a snow-covered river. The reality is that stretches of one of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, are covered with toxic foam 135 by industrial waste. The Yamuna, 136 India’s holiest river, the Ganges, are considered among the most polluted in the world. Activist Brij Khandelwal once described the Yamuna as “ecologically dead.” Sewage from Delhi and other cities, chemical waste from manufacturing plants are all part of the problem. 137 . Indians perform religious ceremonies, bathe and drink from the 855-mile Yamuna. The river provides three quarters of Delhi’s water needs, 138 a serious health threat to its 12 million residents and many other Indians who depend on it.
135.
A) cause (B) causes (C) causing (D) caused
137.
(A)Holy rivers
are meant to be purifying
(B)The Yamuna is the
second largest after the Ganges
(C)Many people
are affected without knowing the consequences
(D)The Indian
government has struggled with extreme water and air pollution
135. by 앞은과거분사자리이다. 피수식어toxic foam과수동적인관계이므로과거분사 caused가맞다. 136. 함께, 더불어를의미하는전치사는along with, together (with), in company with를사용한다. 137. 빈칸다음문장에인도인들은야무나강에서종교적의식을행하고, 몸을씻고그리고식수를얻는다고하므로빈칸에들어갈말은‘신성한강[야무나강지칭]은사람의영혼을정화하는것으로여겨진다’가적절하다. 138. 야무나강에의존하는천 2백만델리시민들의건강에심각한위협이되고있으므로 (C)가적절하다. pose a threat to sth/sb ~에위협을가하다intimidate 겁을주다, 위협하다confront (문제나곤란한상황에) 맞서다, (위험한상황에) 마주치다